Brian Ristuccia wrote: > On Mon, Mar 29, 1999 at 01:08:19PM -0500, Peter S Galbraith wrote: > > > > He was almost ready to use the GPL, but I pointed out that once > > people send in patches his work is no longer his alone. He can't > > turn around, modify the work and sell it without hunting through > > for all patches and re-writing them. > > > > Nothing in the GPL prevents an author from selling copies of his work, even > when the work is combined with substantial patches or other software under > the GPL.
Nothing prevents him from selling copies _under the GPL_. But he cannot use the patches in a parallel project which is sold under a different license. Right? Actually, when I re-read the QPL, perhaps it doesn't allow that either. The QPL seems to allow the upstream author to sell the _same_ software under a different license, but perhaps not incorporate the patches into something else. Maybe the GPL is sufficient in this case, since the QPL may not offer the protection I initially thought it did. I guess the author of gri has to evaluate the likehood of very cool patches being contributed, and the likelihood that he would desire to incorporate these patches into his potential-commercial parallel project. Thanks to all who posted (and are pehaps still posted) for your enlightening comments. Peter Galbraith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
